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Apocalyptic fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.— Excerpted fromList of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionon Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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The alien invasion is a common theme in science fiction stories and film, in which extraterrestrial life invades Earth either to exterminate and supplant human life, enslave it under a colonial system, harvest humans for food, steal the planet's resources, or destroy the planet altogether.— Excerpted fromAlien invasionon Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Armageddon is, according to the Bible, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location.— Excerpted fromArmageddonon Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Used here to group fiction representing a final, apocalyptic war.

The Dying Earth subgenre is a sub-category of science fiction or science fantasy which takes place in the far future at either the end of life on Earth or the End of Time, when the laws of the universe themselves fail. Themes of world-weariness, innocence (wounded or otherwise), idealism, entropy, (permanent) exhaustion/depletion of many or all resources (such as soil nutrients), and the hope of renewal tend to pre-dominate.— Excerpted fromDying Earth (subgenre)on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

An impact event is the collision of a large meteorite, asteroid, comet, or other celestial object with the Earth or another planet. Impact events have been a plot and background element in science fiction since knowledge of real impacts became established in the scientific mainstream.— Excerpted fromImpact eventon Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.